Comments on: Review: American Borders by Carla King

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:48:33 +0000

Hi D brent;
Thanks for the heads up on the Great lakes circle tours. I have more resources to pull from now. Planning is half of the fun. I am listening over and again to your interviews and am learning alot and I look forward to more podcasts because I can listen to them while I work. I think Carla will give inspiration to my wife as we stretch our riding distances further. I’ll likely order her book soon. As a vintage bike enthusiast, I’m very interested in her “misadventures”.

By: Emily Benning

Emily Benning — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:37:55 +0000

Hi Carla; I am currently globetrotting under the guise of “study abroad”, but when I return home to Vermont I fully intend to read your book. I have my motorcycle license and this summer I am planning on refining my skills and becoming a more competent rider, and I am also the daughter of the looney toon Joe Benning who posted above. He has enthusiastically mentioned your stories during his planning of his cross-country expedition. Hopefully your book will give me some insight as to why my dad seems to be aging in reverse (the older he gets, the more intense his undertakings and the goofier he becomes). He tried to talk my mother into reading it, but I’m pretty sure she’s been happily floating on an innertube in the pool with a large martini glass for the past three weeks he’s been gone since there aren’t any oily tracks through the kitchen or fenders and spedometer cables invading our living room and would really prefer not to think about his mental workings.

By: Joe Benning

Joe Benning — Tue, 01 May 2007 17:41:49 +0000

Okay Carla, congratulate yourself! Between your web dispatches and the print version called “American Borders,” you’ve convinced me to indulge in a solo motorcycle trip around the country to satisfy a mid-life urge. So what if my career/marriage/life is put on hold for six weeks!? A warning to anyone who reads this book: you will finish it concluding, “Hey, if Carla did it, so can I!”

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:51:53 +0000

I’m delighted that Carla finally published ‘borders’. I remember, with great joy, reading the account in an afternoon whilst at ‘work’ in 1999. I was captivated by her prose, honesty, and steadfastness, and have returned to the text periodically for escape and inspiration regularly.

By: Sojourn Chronicles

Sojourn Chronicles — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:03:03 +0000

Thanks for the comments. I am lining up an editorial schedule for future stories and interviews.–Brent

By: Carla King

Carla King — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:14:39 +0000

Brent, thank you so much, that was a most enjoyable interview. I hope to see you at the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days in Ohio this July. Meantime, I look forward to tracking your blog and listing to your other guests.
All the best,
Carla

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:51:33 +0000

DBrent, the podcast was excellent–just fascinating exchange. Thanks heaps!!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:15:42 +0000

Very nice, concise and on-target review! I finished the book in Feb–a week after the CycleWorld show here, where I had a chance to meet Carla but haven’t put my scribblings in readable form yet. When I get around to saying my 2 cents worth, I might just link to you as you’ve said it so well here! Thanks.